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Nick Moyes (Peat free)
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Naturalist, mountaineer, museum curator, Flora writer, photographer, Derby Peregrine Project, Wikipedia admin & novice allotmenteer. Retired.

Two thirds of what I say is correct; half is not. #Derby, UK
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So I asked Elon Musk's Grok #AI tool why so many people were abandoning #Musk's own platform (X, formerly #Twitter)

Here's what it told me . . .

#SurprisinglyHonest
#X #ElonMusk #Grok
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👀😂

That's some impressive levels of being a twit.
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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📢 The cause of the 3000 hectare wildfire at Tongariro National Park remains under investigation.
'Controlled burn' near Tongariro ruled out as wildfire cause
www.rnz.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Talk TV confirm that they have sacked renowned concrete grower, Mike Graham. Seems unfair to sack him for being a racist dick when that was basically his job description.
November 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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So Pakistan is *paying* Qatar to *not* deliver LNG because even including this penalty payment their solar PV and battery spending is much better value for money and saves them billions.

How fascinating!
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Recently I talked to a woman who had been raped about cross examination. She went into a catatonic state for 15 mins, then asked me to hold her hand, and then began to cry. We discussed whether she should refuse to give evidence - even though it would mean he got off.

And now this 👇🏻
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I’m still finding it hard to accept the signs of spring in November.

Chinese village, Arrowtown, New Zealand.
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.

What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Par for the course with people attracted to ReformUk Ltd.
An Independent councillor who is chairman of a football club and says he wants to stand as a Reform UK candidate for Parliament was jailed for three and a half years for his involvement in a gang that grew cannabis plants worth £14m ✍️Martin Shipton
Would-be Reform candidate was jailed for involvement in £14m drug gang
Martin Shipton An Independent councillor who is chairman of a football club and says he wants to stand as a Reform UK candidate for Parliament was jailed for three and a half years for his involvement...
nation.cymru
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Lib Dem Leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:

"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
When the wildlife gets too darned close to…

#weka
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Well, today was a good day.
#MilfordSound
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Milford Sound is looking glorious this morning!
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Goodnight from Lake Te Anau, NZ.
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Journalist, "Farage accused the BBC of election interference"

Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"

"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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The Telegraph routinely spreads myths about a range of subjects - especially climate change.

It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far.

Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards
The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The Telegraph, which has accused the BBC of bias and a lack of editorial rigour, has been forced to amend a swathe of climate inaccuracies. The BBC’s director-general and CEO resigned this weekend aft...
www.desmog.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Is it the beards?
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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The Wiki Science photo competition is running until mid-December! Be in to win cash prizes by donating your science photos for use in Wikipedia. Categories include people in science, microscopy, wildlife and nature, and astronomy. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
Commons:Wiki Science Competition 2025 in Australia and New Zealand - Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Tomorrow we’re heading for Te Anau Glowworm Caves.

25 years ago I visited a Synchronous Firefly colony in Malaysia where, amusingly, my guide introduced me as a “World Expert on Fireflies and Glowworms” and led me straight to the front of the queue.

Doubt that’ll happen again this time around!
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Quite a lot of New Zealand seems to be closed this year!

Drove 15km down a gravel road to Waituna Wetlands, only to find yet another closure.

Thus far:
Hooker Valley Trail
Benmore Dam road. (temp)
Dunedin’s Tunnel Walkway
Cathedral Caves
Parakaunui Falls Walk
Tongariro Crossing (temp)
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Well, we’ve got as far south as we can go on the #NewZealand mainland.
Now heading north and west, back into the mountains.

Concerned to hear about the serious fire around Tongariro that’s been burning since Saturday on North Island.
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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What utter drivel

What every kid needs to hear is not how to be an entitled, obnoxious, English toff, but how to find food and survive in a Pliocene climate with a broken society

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tutor sought for £180k job to teach baby to become a 'gentleman'
The advert seeks
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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We have known for a long time that politicians, Johnson, Farage and their parties have been funded by Russia. Johnson even enobled one. Farage and Reform are hell bent on destabilising the country.
Are we all content with this situation?
#bbclaurak
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Just seen our second Yellow Eyed Penguin of the trip.
Had to do some digital-binocularing to get this.
Curio Bay, Catlins.
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Delightful to wake up to this view from the bed in our accommodation at Kaka Point this morning (despite the rain).
What lovely hosts Mike and Jenny are! Best spot so far in our trip.
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM